online via Zoom

Please join the Stanford Catholic Film Group on Monday, November 3, to discuss "La Dolce Vita" (1960). Directed by Federico Fellini, and starring Marcello Mastroianni and Anita Ekberg, it’s considered one the greatest films ever made, winning the Palme d'Or at the 1960 Cannes Film Festival. It was also nominated for four Oscars. It also gave us the word “paparazzi.”

The film was initially perceived by the Church as an objectionable parody of the second coming of Christ, but has been reconsidered since. Part of our discussion will be whether the film deserved that criticism, as well as its overall place in the canon of great films.

We'll be meeting at 7:30 on Zoom. It's available for free on Plex, but not the usual places like streaming services. https://www.justwatch.com/us/movie/la-dolce-vita

It is also available on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=05Zm4WrGFwI

and most libraries should have a copy, but it's not on Kanopy.

If you haven’t joined the group yet, please also send an email to stanfordyrcfilm@gmail.com, with message “I’m interested”. The Zoom link will be sent to the group the day before by email.

Everyone is invited!